Social evaluation of Bresson

The moment captured by Bresson's photos is not only the moment in front of him, but also a peak in the whole process before and after the incident. His collection of works "Decisive Moment" has become a textbook for countless photographers, and the concept of decisive moment photography has also been accepted and imitated by the majority of peers.

Bresson's 1930' s works can be said to be the classics of news photography, which expands the possibility of photography as a medium. During his photography career of more than 50 years, he photographed the joys and sorrows of different nationalities, the folk customs of different regions, and some of the most symbolic moments and figures in the last century: from the Spanish Civil War to the liberation of Paris in World War II, and then to the collapse of the Berlin Wall. He witnessed the assassination and funeral of Gandhi in 1948. It also recorded the Spanish Civil War and the liberation of Paris; 1949, he also came to China and personally recorded the historic event of Mao Zedong's peaceful liberation of Peiping (now Beijing); 1954, as the first western photographer, he was allowed to enter the Soviet Union one year after Stalin's death.

1947, he established the most influential and widely respected photo agency in the world-magnum photos. Magnum photos has set up its headquarters in new york, USA and Paris, and its pictures have been published in many major American photography magazines such as Life, Time, Newsweek and The New York Times. The title of Ma Genan photographer is the highest title that photographers expect. It is the first photography group in the world and a sacred group.

Bresson also tried to do experiments with movies, and made the first documentary in 1937, which recorded the real situation of foreign medical assistance during the Spanish Civil War. His film works include Picnics, Competition Rules and Movies.